Indian Giant Squirrel vs Lagos-rubber

Ratufa indica compared with Funtumia africana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Indian Giant Squirrel	Lagos-rubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Ratufa	Funtumia
Species	Ratufa indica	Funtumia africana

Conservation Status

Indian Giant Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Lagos-rubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Indian Giant Squirrel	Lagos-rubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Indian Giant Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lagos-rubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Angola, Guinea, and India.